Pad Man Director R Balki Calls Bollywood Blockbusters In Last 4-5 Years 'Damn Boring' And 'Worst'

past few years have been tough on Bollywood as many highly anticipated movies fell flat at box office. This year we saw - Stree 2, Singham Again, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Shaitaan, among ors left a mark at box office. Apart from blockbusters, Hindi cinema also witnessed several sleeper hits, including 12th Fail, Munjya and Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya. As Hindi cinema is basking in success of ir blockbuster movies, filmmaker R Balki called all above-mentioned movies "worst" and "damn boring".

R Balki criticises recent Bollywood blockbuster movies

While speaking at an event at MIT World Peace University in Pune, R Balki, known for movies such as P Man, Ghoomer and Mission Mangal, opined on decline in entertainment value of modern movies. filmmaker feels noways movies lack "masala and paisa vasool" stories. “A few blockbusters that have happened in last four or five years, or whatever, have actually been worst films,” he said.

“I’m just saying, not only from an intellectual or an artistic point of view but also from old entertainment, ‘masala, paisa vasool’ kind of a feel. Also, y’re damn boring. fun has completely gone from our blockbusters," he stated. Explaining how marketing campaigns of movies often manipulate audience perception, filmmaker ded that movies have "become like a project" now. "re’s an economics associated with that stuff. y want to recover this, y’re putting this money, y’re pumping marketing out. It’s marketing, basically. It’s just driving people towards believing something is good. By time people believe it’s b, film has me its money," he ded.

Who is R Balki?

He is considered one of finest directors of Indian cinema as almost all his films have been ahe of time. He started his directorial journey in 2007 with Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu's Cheeni Kum. He n went on to direct movies, including Paa, Shamitabh, Ki & Ka, P Man and Chup: Revenge of Artist. His last directorial movie was released in 2023 Ghoomer, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher. movie was well received by audience and h its world premiere as opening film at 12th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.